How Easter, V-E day may affect Ukraine crisis
Many world stock exchanges fell Tuesday as traders kept an eye out for any signs that Russian tanks are about to roll into eastern Ukraine. But the calendar isn鈥檛 quite right for any major military moves by Russia, at least in the next week or so.
For starters, talks between the US, the EU, Ukraine, and Russia are planned for Thursday in Geneva. Then comes the most important religious holiday on the Russian Orthodox calendar: Easter will be celebrated both in Russia and the West on April 20 this year.
鈥淢ost people think that Putin is not going to make a major military incursion before Easter of all holidays,鈥� says our correspondent in Ukraine.
However, one date to watch is May 8, V-E Day. The holiday marking the defeat of Nazi Germany 鈥渉as incredible resonance, much more so in Russia than it does in the West." ...听For the rest of the story, continue reading at our new business publication听听
